Lloyd Axworthy

Lloyd Axworthy is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. He was Canadaâs Foreign Minister from 1995 to 2000, and became internationally known for his advancement of the Ottawa Treaty â a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines.

The Munich Security Conference is a diplomatic / security policy emporium which meets annuallyÂ aboutÂ this time in the Bavarian capital.
Fifty years of gatherings of diplomats, military brass, politicians and increasingly the new breed of selfÂ styled security consultants have given it the cachet of being where the action is....

Several days after returning from an international observer mission to Ukraine — sponsored by NDI (National Democratic Institute) — I latched onto to the flood tide of news and commentary coming from that besieged country. A revelation slowly began to take shape: Ukrainians were in their own, distinct way using the principle...

Please will the naysayers park for a moment their negativity over the possibility that the new Iranian President Rouhani’s overtures to US President Obama might just be worth considering. Granted, this comes as a shock to long-held positions that Iran is the bĂȘte noire of the Middle East, which is an arguably justifiable position...

The Canadian Prime Minister is at the G8 summit this week and he has drawn a line between Russia and the rest, based on their active role in preventing global action in Syria. I believe this accusation falls short. While there have been talks a by many states and international organizations about what can and should be done regarding...

The past few weeks in Canada have seen a serious shift in the relations between Indigenous people and the rest of Canadians. The ostensible evidence of this has been first the flourishing across the country of a series of protests, declarations and demands by primarily young, grassroots activists, inspired by the hunger strike of...